High Interest: May 10

Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 7:38 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 7:38 a.m.

Scholarships for short-term job training are available through the JobLink Career Center at Blue Ridge Community College.

These scholarships, funded by the N.C. State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, may be used for the college’s N.C. Back-to-Work Program which provides training in advanced manufacturing, automotive systems, computer systems and brewing technology.

The deadline to apply is today. For more information about eligibility requirements and course registration, contact Blue Ridge Community College at 828-694-4770 or 883-2520 or by email at ncbacktowork@blueridge.edu

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Blue Ridge Community College will hold a business conference May 23 at the Transylvania County library.

The conference and lunch on site is free. www.surveymonkey.com/s/GrowYourBusinessin2013

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Harris Teeter today is donating more than $340,000 to JDRF, the world’s largest charitable funder of research toward curing, treating and preventing type 1 diabetes and its complications.

The donation was made possible thanks to generous contributions from Harris Teeter customers during the company’s point of purchase campaign to benefit JDRF. Harris Teeter hosted the point of purchase donation card campaign in March, during which time Harris Teeter customers were invited to make $1, $3 or $5 donations to JDRF at checkout.

In addition to the donation from the point of purchase donation card campaign, Harris Teeter also is sponsoring the Harris Teeter Celebrity Golf Classic benefiting the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF on Thursday in Charlotte.

For more than 10 years, Harris Teeter has been a proud sponsor of the golf classic, and in that time, the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF has generated more than $900,000 for T1D research thanks to proceeds from the golf tournament.

<p>Scholarships for short-term job training are available through the JobLink Career Center at Blue Ridge Community College.</p><p>These scholarships, funded by the N.C. State Employees' Credit Union Foundation, may be used for the college's N.C. Back-to-Work Program which provides training in advanced manufacturing, automotive systems, computer systems and brewing technology.</p><p>The deadline to apply is today. For more information about eligibility requirements and course registration, contact Blue Ridge Community College at 828-694-4770 or 883-2520 or by email at ncbacktowork@blueridge.edu</p><p>◆</p><p>Blue Ridge Community College will hold a business conference May 23 at the Transylvania County library.</p><p>The conference and lunch on site is free. www.surveymonkey.com/s/GrowYourBusinessin2013</p><p>◆</p><p>Harris Teeter today is donating more than $340,000 to JDRF, the world's largest charitable funder of research toward curing, treating and preventing type 1 diabetes and its complications.</p><p>The donation was made possible thanks to generous contributions from Harris Teeter customers during the company's point of purchase campaign to benefit JDRF. Harris Teeter hosted the point of purchase donation card campaign in March, during which time Harris Teeter customers were invited to make $1, $3 or $5 donations to JDRF at checkout.</p><p>In addition to the donation from the point of purchase donation card campaign, Harris Teeter also is sponsoring the Harris Teeter Celebrity Golf Classic benefiting the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF on Thursday in Charlotte.</p><p>For more than 10 years, Harris Teeter has been a proud sponsor of the golf classic, and in that time, the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF has generated more than $900,000 for T1D research thanks to proceeds from the golf tournament.</p>